Re: Old Languages

You just summarized the main reasons I decided to steer clear of Sanskrit,
and continue with Hindi instead. ;)

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 05:56:11PM -0400, Karapcik, Mike wrote:
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Amber Adams
> | Subject: Re: Old Languages
> |
> | On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 04:58:13PM -0400, Karapcik, Mike wrote:
> | >         I also have the TY book on Sanskrit which I have
> | looked through with
> | > very good intentions. Does that count? ;-)
> |
> | I considered that!
> | But it frightened me.
>
>         You too?
>         I remember reading through the index.
>         To paraphrase: Here are the *eleven* (!!) noun declensions. However,
> these are just samples as the last consonant in the word is also controlled
> by the first consonant in the word. Also, since over 30% (!!!!) of the nouns
> are irregular, the student should not rely two heavily on these tables.
>
>         I think 30% is actually a higher ratio than irregular French verbs!
>         That just looked horribly wicked to me.
>         Then there are verbs, with singular, dual, and plural forms....

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